Good Luck will be watching the weather down there, have you sorted out a fuel system?
Use a egg timer or something similar to remind you to top the tank up nothing worse than trying to restart in rough water.

There is an extended High coming over Tuesday/Wednesday but I won't be ready to cash in on it. But it is getting to the time of the year when the weather is settling down so there will be another chance.

Re the fuelling, I have done a couple of long runs with the 40+ that I intend to use and have a very accurate handle on the running times. Never the less I intend to shut down to refuel so will have to face the restart where and when.

You can top up on the go using an external tank with rubber "Pump" bulb that you squeeze. The fuel pipe from the external tank is connected to a fitting on the seagull tank filler cap. Squeeze a couple of pints in and keep topping it up as you go along. Very cool actually. Plenty of pics about here I think.

Up date: We are scheduled to start at 0500 from Great Taylors Bay on the 27th Feb. Weather looks favourable with wind wsw at less than 10 knots for the day not increasing significantly till the evening and, with the moon waxing we should have light all the way home. Out to the south of Bruny we are expecting swells of up to 2 meters but the seas will be below 400mm so its about the best we can expect. Doing a 20 mile non stop run tomorrow to check the engine, refuelling and general set up. No other takers as yet! guess it will be a one gull race....

if i could get the 23 foot Dorry down there i would love to go round the island with you, The plus has a long range tank.
Am following with interest, in particular how you will run for 18 hours with out an oil change.